Eastern Mennonite University

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The Director of Multicultural and International Student Services (MISS) is a missionary kid from Brazil with a vision of collegiate inclusiveness and an affinity for snowboarding and motorcycles. Susannah Lepley assumed the newly-structured position this year. The job entails overseeing… Read More ›

As I walk along the crowded sidewalk my ears are assaulted by the overly loud honking of scooters weaving through the crowd next to me.I can feel the stares of curious people as I go by. Someone nonchalantly blows smoke in… Read More ›

The Carnival de Resistance has swept through Harrisonburg, and while the people that brought the wonderful and outlandish happenings may have moved their shenanigans to Charlottesville, they have not left without a trace (contrary to their Eco-friendly agenda). The second… Read More ›

Have you ever wondered how those huge messes you leave behind in your lounges before you go to bed somehow have vanished by the morning? There are not magical fairies that roam the halls and flick their wands to make… Read More ›

Students are selling their bodies in response to unemployment, high rent, and the rising cost of comic books. A non-living part of their bodies, that is – plasma. Plasma donation is executed in a similar fashion to blood donation, except… Read More ›

This school year EMU has the opportunity to diversify their educational experiences by taking a class, going to the coffee houses, or communicating with two visiting Iranian scholars. Amir Akrami, Ph.D., and Sheida Shakouri Rad Ph.D., husband and wife, are… Read More ›

Senior Bude Bude prods at a sun- warmed steak. It comes wrapped in thin plastic, and a small amount of blood collects on the Styrofoam backing. Some of the blood escapes through a cut in the plastic and drips to… Read More ›

On every second Sunday of the month in the Campus Center, there is a hymn sing. This may seem like a typical event at EMU, but this hymn sing carves its place out in a diverse fashion among the typical… Read More ›

Chris Johns, editor in Chief of “National Geographic,” talked with students in the VACA and science departments and at lunch this Monday. Johns is the father of Noel Johns, a Senior nursing major at EMU. He has accepted the role… Read More ›

Here is some very exciting news from the Guatemala and Columbia Cross-Cultural. Our entire group is currently in Columbia, and Randi Hagi, Sophomore, and I are in San Jacinto. There are 34 communities, over 600 people, marching to demand land… Read More ›